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2023 Best Finance & Financial Management Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Finance & Financial Management Basic Certificate School for You

With all the business programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Business Degree Central has created the Best Finance & Financial Management Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for business students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Finance & Financial Management Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the finance basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Finance & Financial Management Basic Certificate Schools

#1

Adrian College

Adrian, MI

Our analysis found Adrian College to be the best school for finance & financial management students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Adrian, Adrian is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at James A Rhodes State College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best finance & financial management schools in the Great Lakes Region . Rhodes State College is a small public school located in the suburb of Lima.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best finance & financial management schools in the Great Lakes Region . UW - Stevens Point is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Stevens Point.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best finance & financial management schools in the Great Lakes Region . UW Oshkosh is a large public school located in the city of Oshkosh.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Dearborn, UM Dearborn is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Finance & Financial Management Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Lansing Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate finance & financial management programs. LCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Lansing.

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Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate finance & financial management programs. Located in the rural area of Shell Lake, WITC is a public college with a small student population.

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Milwaukee Area Technical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Finance & Financial Management Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Milwaukee, MATC is a public college with a large student population.

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Edison State Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Finance & Financial Management Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the rural area of Piqua, Edison Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges by State

Explore the best finance & financial management colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,688
Ohio 3,170
Illinois 1,841
Indiana 1,177
Wisconsin 1,561

Finance & Financial Management is one of 21 different types of business programs to choose from.

Finance Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Finance 51,658
Financial Planning & Services 1,136
Banking and Financial Support Services 953
Other Finance and Financial Management Services 415
Investments and Securities 385
International Finance 93
Public Finance 41
Credit Management 9

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 403,753
Accounting 93,982
General Business/Commerce 56,779
Marketing 52,078
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 48,037

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Dave Dugdale.

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